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Season
4 (CBS) (1953-54)
Episode Guide
compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox [Updated Jan 2018]
references:
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############# The Web #############
######### season 4 1953-54 ########
########## (final season) #########
CBS Sundays 10:00-10:30pm Eastern
4.01 The Web: ONE FOR THE ROAD
20Sep1953
guest cast:
Wally Brown
Paul Newman
Grace Raynor
4.02 The Web: COMBINATION FOR MURDER
27Sep1953
adapted by Helene Hanff
story by Patrick Quentin
directed by Lela Swift
guest cast:
Evelyn Varden
Ray Walston
Eric Fleming
Patricia Smith
Ann Thomas
Simon Oakland
Ted Erwin
4.03 The Web: A DESIGN OF EXECUTION
04Oct1953
guest cast:
Marjorie Gateson
Gene Lyons
J. Pat O'Malley
4.04 The Web: KIND STRANGER
11Oct1953
guest cast:
Joan Copeland
Richard Kiley
4.05 The Web: CAVE OF CHAMBEREY
18Oct1953
guest cast:
Hildy Parks
4.06 The Web: STRANGE SANCTUARY
25Oct1953
guest cast:
E.G. Marshall
4.07 The Web: THE WINNER
01Nov1953
written by Art Wallace
directed by Herbert Hirschman
guest cast:
Frank McHugh
Jerome Kilty
Marilyn Monk
Henry Lascoe
John Shay
Roy Johnson
Royal Beal
4.08 The Web: THE PERFECT WIFE
08Nov1953
guest cast:
June Dayton
Joe Maross
4.09 The Web: THE LEECH
15Nov1953
guest cast:
Wesley Addy
4.10 The Web: THE WORLD MY CAGE
22Nov1953
guest cast:
James Costigan
Maureen Hurley
Mildred Natwick
4.11 The Web: THE SCRAP
29Nov1953
guest cast:
Dino Di Luca
4.13 The Web: FIGURINE
13Dec1953
written by Richard Wendley
directed by Herbert Hirschman
guest cast:
Eric Dressler
Dorothy Donahue
Frank Albertson
Henry Hull
Synopsis:
A pampered wife proves her worth when her husband is confronted by
bankruptcy and a seemingly open and shut case of arson. [RF]
4.14 The Web: THE CLOSING NET [Updated Jan 2018-RF]
20-Dec-1953 CBS Sun 10pm
cast:
Phyllis Kirk
Lorne Greene
Jack Langen
Synopsis:
A college student visiting a co-ed's home during the holidays, is enmeshed in
nightmarish family intrigue. [RF]
4.15 The Web: THE BLUE BOTTLE [Updated Jan 2018-RF]
27-Dec-1953 CBS Sun 10pm
cast:
Catherine McLeod
Martin Houston
Susan Hallaran
Russell Hardie
Synopsis:
A little girl's penchant for collecting shiny bottles makes her a key figure in
the
mysterious death of a rich uncle. [RF]
4.16 The Web: ENOUGH ROPE
03Jan1954
guest cast:
Louise Allbritton
Synopsis:
A stage star's conniving understudy finds a plot which is a perfect set-up
for carrying out scheme to further her own ambitions. [RF]
[--] FIGURINE (rebroadcast from 13Dec53)
10Jan1954
4.18 The Web: THE HUNTED
17Jan1954
written by Sidney Edelstein
directed by Lela Swift
guest cast:
Ross Martin
Mary Alice Moore
Guy Raymond
Howard St. John
Synopsis:
An unfaithful wife lures her husband into a death trap on a hunting trip. [RF]
4.19 The Web: THE BARRIER
24Jan1954
guest cast:
Royal Dano
Bill Zuckert
[--] 31Jan1954 no details
4.20 The Web: A HANDFUL OF STARS
07Feb1954
guest cast:
Arthur Franz
Cloris Leachman
Patty McCormack
Stephen Chase
Synopsis:
A disillusioned young widow turns to a Broadway gangster in her grief. [RF]
4.21 The Web: ROCK-BOUND
14Feb1954
guest cast:
Chester Morris
Howard St. John
Mike Wallace
4.22 The Web: PAPER DOLL
21Feb1954
written by Art Wallace
directed by Herb Hirschman
guest cast:
Wynne Gibson
Pat Harrington
Marian Russell
Tony Brande
James Bender
Hal Burdick
Morton L. Stevens
Myrtle Hebard
4.23 The Web: THE CIRCLE CLOSES
28Feb1954
guest cast:
Rosalind Ivan
Ann Dere
Synopsis:
An unexpected visitor unmasks the perpetrator of a double crime. [RF]
4.24 The Web: SHEEP'S CLOTHING
07Mar1954
guest cast:
Christopher Plummer
4.25 The Web: A PIECE OF GRAY CLOTH
14Mar1954
guest cast:
James Dunn
Synopsis:
A young parolee is unjustly convicted for an auto fatality. [RF]
4.26 The Web: NIGHT FARE
21Mar1954
written by Everard W. Meade
guest cast:
Ray Walston
Robert Emhardt
Rudy Bond
Michael Ingram
Daniel Keyes
Arthur Batanides
Tom Gorman
Synopsis 1:
A taxi cab driver with an intoxicated fare finds himself involved in an international plot. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
Taxi-driver with an intoxicated fare becomes involved in an international plot. [RF]
[--] 28Mar1954 no details
4.27 The Web: STOPOVER
04Apr1954
written by Von Stuart
guest cast:
Kay Medford
Grant Richards
Ann Shoemaker
Grace Raynor
Louise Miley
Michael Tolan
Synopsis:
Desperados terrorize the inhabitants of a home for girls. [RF]
4.28 The Web: SCAPEGOAT
11Apr1954
written by John McGreevey
guest cast:
Ben Astar
Jennifer Howard
Lawrence Weber
Grant Williams
Phil Sterling
Miriam Wolfe
Joseph Leon
[--] 18Apr1954 no details
4.29 The Web: SNOW
25Apr1954
written by Art Wallace
guest cast:
Pat McVey
Eddie Firestone
Audra Lindley
Bernard Grant
Synopsis:
Three men with violently conflicting interests are trapped in
an isolated cabin during an Alaskan blizzard. [RF]
4.30 The Web: GRAND FINALE
02May1954
written by Art Wallace
guest cast:
Lisa Ferraday
Henry Lascoe
Jack Lord
Jet MacDonald
Rudolf Weiss
James Bender
Ronald Dawson
Synopsis:
A dejected and aging opera star becomes involved in a tragic backstage drama. [RF]
4.31 The Web: BLINDMAN'S BLUFF
09May1954
written by Sandy Sanderson
guest cast
Pat Englund
Harold J. Stone
James Nolan
O.Z. Whitehead
Jeff Harris
4.32 The Web: THE BRUSH-OFF
16May1954
written by John McGreevey
guest cast:
Paul Langton
Audra Lindley
Buzzy Martin
Janet Fox
William Post Jr.
William Sharon
Synopsis:
A boy idolizes his father who is in prison. He tries to aid him in a prison break. [RF]
4.33 The Web: THE PRIMITIVE TOUCH
23May1954
Synopsis:
A very bad young painter is puzzled because his paintings are in great demand. [RF]
4.34 The Web: DEATH HAS NINE LIVES
30May1954
written by Hal Hackady
guest cast:
Robert Webber
Haila Stoddard
June Dayton
Katherine Raht
Lynne Rogers
Ted Chapman
Synopsis:
The entire community believes the evil rumors it hears about a new couple in town.
When the couple's goodwill housekeeping party turns to disaster, the town is sure it was right. [RF]
4.35 The Web: TOP GUN
06Jun1954
guest cast:
Dickie Moore
Alfred Hopson
Carl Albertson
Synopsis:
The story of an aging gunfighter who must prove to himself and to his wife
that he has not lost his courage and skill for
which he was once famous. [RF]
4.36 The Web: HURRICANE COMING
13Jun1954
guest cast:
Kurt Kasznar
Maria Riva
4.37 The Web: LOOK AT THE CLOWN
20Jun1954
written by James P. O'Neill
directed by Hirschman
guest cast:
Henry Lascoe
Paul Lipson
Betty McCormack
Patty McCormack
Sarah Fussell
Tani Seitz
William Berrian
William Sharon
4.38 The Web: MISSING PERSON
27Jun1954
guest cast:
James Daly
4.39 The Web: MY SISTER'S KEEPER
04Jul1954
written by Marjorie Duhan Adler
directed by Lela Swift
guest cast:
Joan Diener
Phyllis Hill
Douglas Odney
Grace Valentine
Synopsis:
One sister insists on borrowing everything that belongs to the other, finally including her boyfriend.
This time she's carried things a bit too far. [RF]
4.40 The Web: THE TREADMILL
11Jul1954
guest cast:
Carroll Baker
Phyllis Love
Mark Roberts
4.41 The Web: THE TROUBLE WITH DIAMONDS
18Jul1954
guest cast:
Joseph Buloff
Harry Townes
4.42 The Web: A NAME FOR DEATH
25Jul1954
written by Sigmund A. Stoler
directed by Lela Swift
guest cast:
Leora Dana
Frederic Worlock
Charles Nolte
Mary Alice Moore
Russell Hicks
Lee Bergere
Merrill E. Joels
Myrtle Hebard
Gwilym Williams
Synopsis:
A secretary who forges the name of her blind employer in order to steal small
amounts of money discovers that she could have had far more had she been less clever. [RF]
4.43 The Web: I'LL BUY A DREAM
01Aug1954
guest cast:
Patricia Breslin
Biff McGuire
Cameron Prud'Homme
4.44 The Web: MATTER OF DEGREE
08Aug1954
written by Norman Daniels
directed by Lela Swift
guest cast:
Joe Maross
Bert Freed
Georgann Johnson
Synopsis:
A young man confesses to self-defense homicide, but police produce three
witnesses who claim he wasn't even on the scene at the time of the crime. [RF]
[--] 15Aug1954 no details
4.45 The Web: THE BAIT
22Aug1954
guest cast:
Betsy Palmer
Alan Bunce
Patrick O'Neal
Henry Lascoe
Synopsis:
The young wife of an elderly western rancher finds herself in a cruel predicament
when she seeks romance through a drifter who stops at their home. The drifter
wants to smuggle 'wetbacks' across the border. [RF]
4.46 The Web: THE HOUSE
29Aug1954
written by Art Wallace
directed by Herb Hirschman
guest cast:
Charles Dingle ..... Walt
Joanna Roos ........ Elizabeth
Marian Russell ..... Louise
Jamie Smith ........ Joe
Nelson Olmsted
George Eveling
Synopsis 1:
An elderly woman refuses to leave the memory-filled ramshackle house
in which she's spent the past 25 years. She comes face-to-face with the
past when an old wanderer returns to pay her a
visit. [RF]
Synopsis 2:
A woman who has kept a secret for 25 years receives a shock
on the eve of her daughter's marriage. [RF]
4.47 The Web: CRACKPOT
05Sep1954
Guest cast:
Phyllis Kirk ....... Meg Loomis
Charles Aidman ..... Ray
Paul Lipson ........ Mr. Moon
Rudulph Justice Watson .... Glenn
Jack Diamond ....... Max
Synopsis:
An ice cream stain on the suit of a stranger develops into a murder
threat that disrupts a young couple's honeymoon. [RF]
4.48 The Web: A SENSE OF HONOR
12Sep1954
written by Sigmund A. Stoler
guest cast:
Lori March
Bart Burns
Synopsis:
A young married woman whose husband assumes her responsibility for a hit and run
accident finds that she can make him answerable for even graver charges. [RF]
4.49 The Web: THE FACE ON THE SHADOW
19Sep1954
guest cast:
Fay Bainter
4.50 The Web: WELCOME HOME (final episode of the original series)
26Sep1954
guest cast:
Jim Backus
Biff McGuire
Joanne Woodward
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